What Handbooks Tell Us about Teaching Writing with Word-Processing Programs.

Perrin, Robert

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ERIC Number: EJ396424

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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What Handbooks Tell Us about Teaching Writing with Word-Processing Programs.

Perrin, Robert

Computers and Composition, v6 n1 p15-26 Nov 1988

Examines 10 hardback college-level writing handbooks published in 1985 and 1986 by 9 major publishers. Finds that word processing has assumed a place in college writing but that authors and publishers have not found a substantial place for word processing in composition instruction. (RS)

Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Guides, Higher Education, Textbook Content, Textbook Evaluation, Textbook Research, Word Processing, Writing Instruction

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Language: English

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Note: Available from "Computers and Composition," English Department, Illinois State University, Normal, IL 61761.